TAIWAN IC DESIGN HOUSES

BUSINESS MATCHING

HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK BUREAU

2018.3.8~3.14

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Taiwan companies held the second largest fabless integrated circuit market share

in the world at 18 percent in 2016, compared to 17 percent in 2010. Over the years, IC

design companies have enjoyed consistent business growth, accounting for 30 percent

of the world’s overall IC sales in 2016, compared to only 18 percent 10 years earlier,

according to the latest survey released by U.S.-based market research firm IC Insights.

While ranking second in international fabless IC sales, Taiwan remains the leader in IC

production capacity. According to the Global Wafer Capacity 2017-2021 report

published by IC Insights in February, the nation held 21.3 percent of the world’s IC

fabrication capacity in 2016, a slight decrease from 21.7 percent in 2015, when the

country first took its leading position in the industry. Taiwan’s top IC design houses,

which do not have fabrication facilities of their own and the value chain of the IC

industry is composed of three segments, namely IC design, manufacturing, and

packaging and testing. In particular, most IC design houses, headquartered in northern

Taiwan’s Hsinchu City, Hsinchu Science Park, are known as a major supplier of

complete solutions for ICT industry.

To facilitate the Europe business

opportunity, Hsinchu Science Park

Bureau lead 10 IC design houses to

Netherlands, French and UK to

connect the overseas market. The 10

IC design houses are Ambarella,

ANDES Technology, DAVICOM

Semiconductor, Eminent Electronic

Technology, Etron Technology,

Faraday Technology, Generalplus

Technology, ProMOS Technologies,

J-MEX and Novatek

Microelectronics.

Hsinchu Science Park In tandem with a global trend that rapidly gained momentum, Taiwan initiated its first science park—Hsinchu Science Park (HSP)—in 1980. Hopefully the success story of Silicon Valley could repeat itself in Taiwan. The world’s economic doldrums in 2016 posed daunting challenges to Taiwan, both internal and external. Even so, the HSP’s tenant companies managed to generate revenues totaling NT$1.040 trillion as their exports recovered in the second half of the year and set another new record. The year also saw the HSP usher in 30 new investment projects amounting to a combined NT$5.32 billion. As of the end of 2016, tenant companies numbered 487, had paid-in capital of NT$1.997 trillion, and employed 147,624 persons (excluding 3,029 persons employed by business service providers). Looking to the future, the HSPB is ready to further promote international linkages and cooperation while expanding business opportunities by helping tenant companies with cross-border marketing.

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Ambarella, Inc.

Introduction

Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA) is a leading developer of low-power, highdefinition

(HD) and Ultra HD video compression, image processing, and computer vision

solutions. The company’s products are used in a variety of IP security, sports, wearable,

drone, and automotive video cameras.

Ambarella’s solutions leverage over 20 years of pioneering research in computer vision

to enable future generations of intelligent cameras, Advanced Driver Assistance

Systems, and autonomous vehicles.

Product

Security IP Cameras

Sports, Wearable and Handheld Cameras

Flying (Drone) Cameras

Automotive Video Camera Solutions

Broadcast Infrastructure Encoders

Awards

2008 GSA Outstanding Financial Performance

2009 GSA Start-Up to Watch

2010, 2011, 2012 GSA Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company

2013 GSA Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company by Morgan Stanley

2014 GSA Most Respected Semiconductor Company ($100 M to $250 M Annual

Sales)

2015 GSA Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award and GSA Best

Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award (Both $100 M to $500 M

Annual Sales

Ambarella

Address Suite C1, No. 1, Li-Hsin Road 1, Science Park, Hsinchu

Phone/ Fax +886-3-6668828

Website https://www.ambarella.com/

Profile Ambarella is a leading developer of low-power, high-definition

(HD) and Ultra HD video compression, image processing, and

computer vision solutions. Their products are used in a variety of

IP security, sports, wearable, drone, and automotive video

cameras.

Leadership Fermi Wang : Chief Executive Officer

Les Kohn : Chief Technology Officer

Didier LeGall : Executive Vice President

George Laplante : Chief Financial Officer

Chan Lee : VP of VLSI

John Ju : VP of Systems and GM of Asia Design

Centers

Chris Day : VP of Marketing and Business

Development

Michael Chen : VP of Business Development

Zemo Yang : VP of Operations

Michael Morehead : General Counsel

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Market Penetration

Milestones

2004 Ambarella founded

2005 A1 introduced, a single-chip 1080i60 H.264 broadcast-class encoder

2007 A progression of advanced camera SoCs designed, developed and mass-

produced for the consumer electronics, broadcast and IP camera markets

2015 Ambarella acquires VisLab, a European developer of computer vision and

intelligent automotive control systems

2016 H2 introduced, a 14nm Ultra HD 4Kp120 H.264/AVC and 4Kp60 H.265/HEVC

sports and flying camera SoC

S3L introduced, a 4K Ultra HD SoC family supporting H.265/HEVC and

H.264/AVC encoding targeting IP security cameras

2017 A9AQ introduced, Ambarella’s first automotive-qualified SoC targeting video

recorders, surround view, and electronic mirror applications

S5L introduced, a 14nm 4K SoC for professional, consumer and battery-

powered IP security cameras

2018 CV1 introduced, a 14nm 4K stereo and monocular vision processor with

CVflow™ architecture for drone and automotive systems

CV22 introduced, a 10nm CNN/DNN-based 4K SoC with CVflow™

architecture for automotive, IP security, and consumer applications

SuperCam™ is introduced, an automotive 4K stereo camera platform with a

perception range of more than 150 meters for generic obstacle detection

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ANDES Technology

Introduction

After 12 years effort starting from scratch, Andes Technology Corporation is now a

leading embedded processor intellectual property supplier in the world. We devote

ourselves in developing high-performance/low-power 32/64 bit processors and their

associated SoC platforms to serve the rapidly growing embedded system applications

worldwide. With possession of technologies in the areas of processor, system

architecture, operating system, software toolchains development, and SoC VLSI

implementation, Andes can work closely with customers to shorten their time-to-

market with quality design.

ANDES Technology

Address 2F, No.1, Li-Hsin First Road, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu

Phone/ Fax +886-3-6668300 / +886-3-6668322

Website https://www.andestech.com/

Profile Andes develops 32/64 bit processors and SoC platform for

embedded system.

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Andes Solution

As the increasing demand for smart and power-efficient electronic devices drives the

global embedded system market, Andes Technology Corporation stands as the leading

embedded processor intellectual property (IP) supplier in the world and devotes itself

in developing high-performance and low-power 32/64-bit processors and associated

SoC platforms to serve the rapidly growing embedded system applications worldwide.

Starting from scratch, the Hsinchu, Taiwan-based

Andes Technology offers configurable

software/hardware IP and scalable platforms to

meet customers' needs for quality products and

faster time-to-market. With the innovative and

patented AndeStar™ Instruction Set Architecture

(ISA) and system architecture, Andes Technology

has developed a series of processor related

hardware/software technologies and products to

help customers accelerate SoC software/hardware

development and integration. Below is the product

portfolio of Andes:

AndeStar™: Patented ISA

AndesCore™: CPU core families

AndeShape™: EVB + ACE + Platform IP

AndeSight™: Integrated development

environment

AndeSoft™: Optimized target SW stack including

Linux/RTOS, drivers, middleware and applications

As a founding member of RISC-V Foundation and

the first mainstream CPU IP vendor to adopt RISC-V instruction set architecture, Andes

Technology also aims to enrich the ecosystem of RISC-V by collaborating with tool

partners to provide advanced development tools for Andes’ new V5 AndesCore™ N25

and NX25.

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Bolstered by proficient technical

support engineers in Taiwan, China

and the United states, Andes

Technology proffers round-the-clock

support as well as training courses to

help its customers tackle their

demanding SoC hardware and

software development projects for

applications such as AI, connectivity,

IoT, multimedia, networking, sensor

and storage. Backed by more than a

hundred partners around the world,

Andes Technology has built an

ecosystem of its own. The total

number of Andes-embedded SoCs

shipped by Andes’ customers has

reached 2.4 billion and counting. With

over thirteen years of experience,

Andes Technology will continue to

develop CPU IPs that have higher

performance efficiency along with

related services to provide customers

with quality design and optimized

services.

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DAVICOM Semiconductor, Inc.

Introduction

DAVICOM aims to manufacture the most professional technique of Communication

and Network ICs. By way of mixing signal design and IC integration, we provide

customers with the best solutions of SoC chipsets in Local Area Network (LAN), Wide

Area Network (WAN), Personal Computing (PC), and internet areas.

ESL (Electronic Shelf Label) System

The world has been transformed by digitization for decades. With that, a brick-and-

mortar retail store is being seriously impacted by the on-line e-commerce like Amazon

in US and Alibaba in China. Along with IoT, Cloud and AI technologies booming,

fortunately, the IoT technology is potential to transform the retailers’ brick-and-mortar

operations, in other words, it is replenishing the chasm happening due to O2O, Online-

to-Offline or vice versa. The new term and ecosystem, Smart-Retail, is popping up. Of

the IoT technology, the ESL System is an essential entity to transform the brick-and-

mortar retail to a Smart Retail. With more than 20 years of professional deliverables in

the ICT technology, product and business, Davicom is now dedicated to offering a state

of the art total solution of the internet-capable ESL System, running with 2.4GHz

wireless proprietary communication, which consists of 5 key elements:

Tags (equipped with 2.4GHz RF and a power-saving E-Paper Display, not LCD),

Gateway Server/Cloud,

Handheld Scanner,

Repeater,

Mounting Rail.

DAVICOM Semiconductor

Address No. 6, Li-Hsin 6th Rd., Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Phone/ Fax +886-3-5798797 / +886-3-5646929

Website http://www.davicom.com.tw/

Profile DAVICOM produces communication and network IC, as well as the

chipset in LAN, WAN, PC and internet. With over 20 digital &

analog products and applied for Several IPs, DAVICOM has

successfully become one of the leading IC design houses in Taiwan.

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In functionality, the E-Paper driven Tag is a display of price information for the

consumers while Gateway Server/Cloud and Handheld Scanner are a management

tool to Tags for the retailers. The Repeater(s) can expand and extend the coverage of

Tags in quantity and distance. Administering the database of Tags, the management

tool is flexible for a customized template to the information-displayed design on Tag,

in addition to Davicom-default template. In performance, a Gateway Server can

update 6000 or more Tags within an encrypted networking domain in one hour

typically. The Tag powered by one CR2450 coin battery can last 5 years at least upon

two updates every day. The internet-capable ESL System can support the multi-branch

model of stores in different locations through internet.

The ESL System will benefit the retailers with inventory control and supplier

management in real-time manner. Furthermore, by data collection and data mining on

the consumer behavior, the retailers can facilitate the marketing promotion strategy

effectively and efficiently.

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Eminent Electronic Technology

Introduction

Eminent is a leading technology company of optical sensors and 3D image sensors

based in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan.

Our vision is to be a leading smart sensor technology provider to enhance human

device interaction in mobile applications, and to enable IOT sensor networks.

Eminent Electronic

Address 6F., No.12, Chuangxin 1st Rd., Baoshan Township, Hsinchu County

Phone/ Fax +886-3-5639986#6005

Website http://www.eminent-tek.com/ +886-3-5639993

Profile Eminent Electronic is a sensor technology provider in smart

phones, tablet PC, notebook PC, TV, and smart homes. Their

sensor technology enhance human device interaction in mobile

applications, and to enable IOT sensor networks.

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Applications

Smartphone: ambient light sensor, color sensor, proximity sensor, hand gesture

sensor

AR/VR: proximity sensor, hand gesture sensor, face sensor

Car smart rear mirror: ambient light sensor, hand gesture sensor

Smart home devices: ambient light

sensor, proximity sensor, hand gesture

sensor, face sensor, color sensor

Robot, drone, interactive display,

SLAM: A3D IR image sensor, proximity

sensor

Toy, Education: color matching

sensor, face sensor, hand gesture

sensor

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Etron Technology, Inc.

Introduction

Etron Technology, Inc. (Taiwan GTSM: 5351) is a world-class fabless IC design and

product company founded in February 1991, specializing in buffer memory and

system-on-chips. As a leading manufacturer of buffer memories, Etron offers cutting-

edge Known-Good-Die-Memory (KGDM) and Consumer Electronic DRAM (CEDRAM).

Etron's full line of Buffer DRAM chips - available in densities ranging from 8Mb to 1Gb

- is designed to ensure high processing speeds and low-power consumption for

Consumer, Communication, Computer, and Car (4C) applications. Moreover, Etron has

developed many advanced system-on-chip (SOC) IC products, including USB3.0 host

controller ICs, USB3.0 flash drive controller ICs, and 3D imaging and gesture-sensing

integrated webcam controller ICs.

Product

Etron has kept the flexibility, agility and product focus of a fabless IC company by

establishing strong partnerships with leading foundries and companies having

complementary skills from different specialty segments. It also actively upholds the

attentive customer services of a fabless operation. With a deep knowledge in silicon

technology and manufacturing, as well as quality management, Etron has overcome

the weakness of traditional fabless companies.

Memory IC

Etron Technology

Address No. 6, Technology Road 5, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu

Phone/ Fax +886-3-5782345 / +886-3-5779001

Website http://www.etron.com/

Profile Etron offers cutting-edge Known-Good-Die-Memory (KGDM) and

Consumer Electronic DRAM (CEDRAM).

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System IC

Etron has maintained the flexibility, agility and product focus of a fabless IC company

by establishing strong partnerships with leading foundries and companies with

complementary skills from different specialty segments. It also actively upholds the

attentive customer services of a fabless operation. Etron Technology has created a

highly competitive product line in terms of both niche buffer memory solutions and

next generation webcam controllers. In particular, the combination of increasingly

ubiquitous USB3.0 host and device controllers makes more innovative and creative

advanced IC products possible, especially in the 3D IC sector, offering a powerful tool

to drive any company's growth.

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Faraday Technology Corporation

Introduction

Faraday Technology Corporation is a leading fabless ASIC / SoC and silicon IP

(intellectual property) provider,

ranking in top 50 fabless IC

suppliers in the world and top 10 in

Taiwan. Since establishment in

1993, Faraday has delivered more

than 2,200 ASIC mass production

projects. Capable to provide IP

consulting or customization at ASIC

level and SoC development tools to

support the complex development

process and accelerate ASIC/SoC

time-to-market.

Faraday Technology

Address No.5, Li-Hsin Rd.III, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu

Phone/ Fax +886-3-5787888 / +886-3-5787889

Website http://www.faraday-tech.com/index.jsp

Profile Faraday Technology is a leading fabless ASIC / SoC and silicon IP

(intellectual property) provider, ranking in top 50 fabless IC

suppliers in the world and top 10 in Taiwan.

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Extensive ASIC Model

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Generalplus Technology

Introduction

Generalplus Technology is fabless IC design house in consumer application fields,

including graphical multimedia, speech, smart educational toy, and industrial-

controlled MCU. You may also discover lot of everyday stuff that are coming from us,

such as communication device, remote controller, interactive toy, electronic-pet,

wearable devices, dashboard camcorder, drone camcorder, boom box, MP3 player, Qi

wireless charger, calculator, kids learning aid, touch-control appliance, e-bike, hover

board and many others.

Integrated Development System

Generalplus Technology

Address No.19, Industry E. Rd. IV, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu

Phone/ Fax +886 3-6662118 / +886 3-6662117

Website http://www.generalplus.com/

Profile Generalplus Technology is the major integrated circuit providers

worldwide, specializing in voice IC and multi-media product

solutions which covered graphical multimedia, speech, smart

educational toy, and industrial-controlled MCU.

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Product

Highly integrated SoC for cost effect / mass market consumer product, with Cortex

M4F/M0/ARM9/ARM7 to 16/8/4bit, with lot of build-in periphery include voice

/motor /touch /camera /video /LCD.

Generalplus Technology not just provide IC; and also provide related IP/Library and full

SDK.

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J-MEX Inc.

Introduction

J-MEX Inc., (formerly known as IMU Solutions, Inc.) established in January, 2006 at

Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park. With years of development not only in 3D

sensing, data analysis and algorithm design, but with manufacturing and testing

experiences as competitive advantages of EMS industry in Taiwan, J-MEX becomes one

of the leading MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical

System) applications innovator in Taiwan,

specializing in 3D motion tracking technology,

motion sensing products and service. With

advanced sensing technology, J-MEX offers

complete solutions between the physical and the

digital world in industrial control and measurement,

consumer electronics to the market.

J-MEX

Address B2, 3F, No.1, Li-Hsin 1st Rd, Science Park, Hsinchu

Phone/ Fax +886-3-6661036 ext.211 / +886-3-6661061

Website https://jmex.com.tw

Profile J-MEX focuses on developing patent sensing algorithms and

related motion sensing technology.

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ProMOS Technologies

Introduction

ProMOS Technologies Inc.

manufactures and sells memory

products. The company offers DDR3

SDRAM, DDR2 SDRAM, DDR SDRAM,

SDRAM, mobile memory, and KGD

products. It also provides design,

assembly engineering, testing, and

field application engineering services

for memory products.

Product

ProMOS Technologies

Address 3A3, No.1, Lixing 1st Rd. ,East Dist., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu

Phone/ Fax +886-3-5798308 / +886-3-5798309

Website http://www.promos.com.tw/

Profile ProMOS has experience in high level Information System

Integration, and is capable of Design / Management / Service total

solutions. Their solutions include customized Memory Products,

high quality Industry 4.0, IoT, and System Integration Services.

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ATTENDEES

Name Title Government unit/Company

Andrea T. J. Hsu Deputy Director-

General

Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, Ministry of

Science and Technology

Sui-Mei Lee Senior Specialist Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, Ministry of

Science and Technology

Liu-Shan Wu Associate

Researcher

Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, Ministry of

Science and Technology

Bo-Heng Lin CEO IAPS, National Chiao Tung University

Yung-Yuh Huang Senior Advisor IAPS, National Chiao Tung University

Tzu-Hsueh Wu International Biz

link Coordinator

IAPS, National Chiao Tung University

Kuo-Chi Lin Vice President of

Sales Division

ANDES Technology

Chihh-Sien Chen Director,

Marketing

&Technical

Service Division

ANDES Technology

Ting Hao Chairman DAVICOM Semiconductor

Nien-Tai Chen General Manger DAVICOM Semiconductor

Chih-Yu Lin Sales Manager Faraday Technology

Wan-Lee Sun Sales Manager Faraday Technology

Chan-Peng Lo Director of

development

department

Eminent Electronic Technology

Chien-Fu Chen Manager ProMOS Technologies

Yao-Tsung Chang Sales Manager J-MEX

Chen-Yu Kai Account Manager Etron Technology

Dor-Pin Chen Director Ambarella

PAMELA Chen Sales Specialist Ambarella

Yun-Yin Chan Marketing

Manager

Generalplus Technology